Recently, one of my best friends, whom I’d shared just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me. Since I moved to a new town several years ago, we’d both always looked forward to the few times a year when we could see each other.
Over the weekend, we spent hours and hours, staying up late into the night, talking about the people she was hanging around with. She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how she experimented with drugs and was into other bad habits. I was blown away! She told me how she had been lying to her parents because they didn’t want her around him.
I tried to convince her that she was ruining her future and heading for big trouble. But she didn’t believe me. Her self-respect seemed to have disappeared. I just couldn’t believe that she really thought it was acceptable to hang out with such a loser.
By the time she left, I was really worried about her. It had been so discouraging, and I had come close to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to continue our friendship—but I didn’t. I put the power of friendship to the ultimate(最终的)test. We’d been friends for far too long. I had to hope that she valued me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer (克服)anything.
A few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our conversation，and then she told me that she had broken up with her boyfriend．I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the truly rewarding moments in my life.
Never had I been so proud of a friend.
【小题1】From the beginning of the text，we can learn that the author     .

In most towns today, you can see teenagers standing over electronic machines with flashing lights, shooting at spaceships from other planets and dropping bombs on strange monsters（恶魔）.The machines have names like Space Warrior, Dark Invader and so on. It used to be believed that damage was done only to those strange visitors from outer space, but now it seems that they are striking back.?

Many teenagers like electronic games so much that they can't stop playing. They spend hours tightly holding the joystick controls and constantly pressing buttons marked “fire”.They develop pains on their fingers because of the constant pressure. They play and play so that the pains have no chance to cure properly. The rapid wrist movement required to guide the spaceship across the screen causes another problem: The muscles of the wrist and arm become so inflamed and swollen(充血红肿)that they press against the bones. This condition is what doctors now call “Space Warriar's Wrist”.Other strange aches and pains also are likely to affect（影响）the elbows and shoulders.?

Another even more alarming problem is shown by the case of a 17-year-old girl which was recently in the British Medical Journal. She had been playing all kinds of electronic games for more than two hours a day. Her father repaired games and machines and she could use the cassettes and systems in his workshop as often as she liked. One day, after playing a game called Dark Invader, she lost consciousness(晕倒)and fell to the floor.?

Doctors who examined her found she was suffering from an unusual illness caused by lights flashing at a particular frequency.?

“Space Warrior's Wrist”is caused by_______.?

A. constantly pressing the buttons?

B. rapidly moving across the screen ?

C. tightly holding the joystick controls?

D. inflamed and swollen muscles of the wrist?

The case of a 17-year-old girl by the writer shows that the writer_______.

A. supports playing electronic games?

B. feels very sorry for the girl?

C. disagrees with young people's playing electronic games?

D. feels worried about young people's poor health?

From the passage we can conclude that playing electronic games is _______.

A. enjoyable and helpful to the study?

B. exciting but harmful to the health and study ?

C. interesting but harmless to the eyes?

D. amusing and satisfying

In most towns today, you can see teenagers standing over electronic machines with flashing lights, shooting at spaceships from other planets and dropping bombs on strange monsters(恶魔). The machines have names like Space Warrior, Dark Invader and so on. It used to be believed that damage was done only to those strange visitors from outer space, but now it seems that they are striking back.

Many teenagers like electronic games so much that they can't stop playing. They spend hours tightly holding the joystick controls and constantly pressing buttons marked "fire". They develop pains on their fingers because of the constant pressure. They play and play that the pains have no chance to cure properly. The rapid wrist movement required to guide the spaceship across the screen causes another problem: the muscles of the wrist and arm become so inflamed and swollen(充血红肿) that they press against the bones. This condition is what doctors now call "Space Warrior's Wrist". Other strange aches and pains are also likely to affect the elbows and shoulders.

Another even more alarming problem is shown by the case of a 17-year-old girl which was recently reported in the British Medical Journal. She had been playing various kinds of electronic games for more than two hours a day. Her father repaired games and machines and she could use the cassettes and systems in his workshop as often as she liked. One day, after playing a game called Dark Invader, she lost consciousness(知觉) and fell to the floor. Doctors who examined her found she was suffering from an unusual illness caused by lights flashing at a particular frequency.

Electronic games are found very popular with __________.

A. people living in towns                   B. students studying in high schools

C. girls working in their father's workshops     D. young people age about 13-19

"Space Warrior's Wrist" is caused by __________.

A. constantly pressing the buttons            B. rapidly moving across the screen

C. tightly holding the joystick controls        D. inflamed and swollen muscles of the wrist

The case of a 17-year-old girl given by the writer shows that the writer __________.

A. supports playing electronic games        B. feels very sorry for the girl

C. disagreed with young people's playing electronic games

D. feels happy about young people's poor health

From the passage we can conclude that playing electronic games is __________.

A. enjoyable and helpful to the study

B. exciting but harmful to the health and study

C. interesting but harmless to the eyes

D. amusing and satisfying

第三节：完形填空（共两部分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项（18分）
Have you ever run in the rain?
It was raining outside. We all stood near the door of the  41 , waiting. Suddenly I heard a 
sweet voice. “Mom, let’s  42 the rain,” said a six-year-old girl, with beautiful red hair, who had been shopping with her mum in Wal-mart. 
“What? No, honey. We’ll __43__until it stops raining so hard,” the mother replied.The girl waited about one minute and repeated, “Mom, let’s run through the rain.”
“We’ll  44  if we do,” the mother said. “No, we won’t, mom. That’s not what you said this morning,” the young girl said as she   45  out of her mom’s arm.
“This morning?” “Yes, when you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, ‘If God can get us through this, he can get us through anything!’”
The whole crowd became   46 . We couldn’t hear anything but   47 . We all stood there silently. Her mom__48___ for a moment and said, “Honey, you’re right. Let’s run through the rain. If God lets us get wet, well, maybe we just need __49__.”
Then off they ran. We all stood there, watching and smiling as they ran through the rain. They held their shopping bags over their __50__just in case. Yes, they got wet. But they were followed by many __51__ who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars.
Memory is a fortune, a precious gift. I believe that somewhere down the road in life, the mother will   52 herself looking back on this moment and she will smile. So Don't forget to make time and take the opportunities to make memories every day and take the time to run through the rain.
41. A. cinema                B. school                   C. supermarket                 D. park
42. A. run through                B. go through             C. look through                D. get through
43. A. leave                B. wait                      C. imagine                  D. jump
44. A. get tired                      B. get confused        C. get paid                       D. get wet 
45. A. pushed                 B. pulled                 C. carried                         D. monitored 
46. A. noisy             B. calm                C. silent                      D. thrilled
47. A. her mum              B. the girl                  C. laughter                       D. the rain
48. A. thought             B.       claimed            C. asked                           D. cared
49. A. running                      B. waiting            C. walking                       D. washing
50. A. hands               B. backs                     C. heads                          D. coats
51. A. adults               B. children                     C. parents                 D. drivers
52. A. stop                     B. find                   C. make                           D. impress

Do you know this girl?

I was in the park with my elder sister, Cathy, on Friday. My sister left her jacket on a chair while we talked to some friends. When we went back to the chair, a girl in a red T-shirt was sitting there. She had some money in her hand. When she saw us, she got up and walked away.

I asked my sister, "Did you have any money in your jacket?"

She said, "Yes, Anna, I did."

I said, "Look in your jacket quickly."

Cathy looked in her jacket, but her money was not there.

"That girl stole it!" I said, and we both ran after her. We caught her quickly.

My sister was very angry and she said, "Give me the money." The girl gave the money to Cathy and ran away. We both ran after her, but we lost her.

Then we went home. But before we could tell our parents, my mother said to Cathy, "You left your money at home. It's on the table in the sitting room. You must be more careful with money."

So the girl in the red T-shirt was not a thief! She probably thought we were thieves! We felt terrible.

Please telephone us if you know this girl! We are very sorry for our mistake. We would like to say sorry to her and give the money back to her.

Our number is 512667. My name is Anna.

1.

Cathy thought the money in the girl's hand was        .

A. from her jacket                  B. the girl's own money  

C. from their home                  D. from the chair

2.

The girl gave the money to Cathy because        .

A. she was afraid               B. Cathy asked her nicely 

C. it was Cathy's money             D. she wanted to help them

3.

Hearing their mother's words, they knew that        .

A. they did a good deed            B. the girl was a thief

C. the money was Anna's             D. they had the girl's money

4.

 The writer writes the passage to        .

A. telephone the girl               B. say thanks to the girl

C. say good-bye to the girl         D. return the money to the girl